Today I will be evaluating my mock perfomance of all my final songs. These songs are going to be performed in the upcoming showcase, and are currently being recorded to practice and also so we can evaluate our performances and see where need to improve.
Looking back and listening to this perfomance I think it went relativley well. One thing I didn’t like was the added autotune put on my voice during the performance, its not something I requested to be added, and sounds forced in. In this I was particularly more nervous, and it was hard for me to speak to the audience because I didn’t know what to say. I hadn’t thought of what to say to the audience yet, and I still didn’t feel confident about my performance. I am still able to perform all my songs even when I feel anxiety, and I was able to sing without any issues. I was manage to be able to have a great time when I’m on stage. I say this frequently, but I am always proud of how I’m able to have good control on my voice even when I’m nervous. I feel like that some points I rushed through my songs just so I can get it over with, and I could’ve spent more time with Nic practicing my songs. We are not going to talk about when I was introducing everyone on stage and I forgot Harry’s name. We don’t talk about that. I was so nervous that I forgot the lyrics during my performance, but I was still able to collect myself and carry on with my performance.
One of the many actions I could’ve taken to improve this perfomance wouldve been communication and involvement. I could’ve set up my own video to play behind me in my own perfomance go make me stand out more. I also could’ve gotten more involved with singing sessions, and created times for us all to meet up in practice rooms and practice together because I still felt like we could’ve improved more. Communication is something that I have lacked throughout most of my performances and learning to speak up is something I am still learning to do. But even with those improvements in mind, I still believe that this perfomance went smoothly, and I did well in this perfomance. In terms of communicating with the audience, I wish I had thought about what I was going to say fully, because even though its only my mock, it was evident that I was still unsure of what to say, and that’s going to be important on the night of the perfomance. As a singer you want to try your best to engage with your audience to not only form a connection with them but also for the audience to feel included in the showcase.
In this performance I am happy to see that I had improved on my breathing because in my cafe rehearsal a few days before I had picked up that I was breathing very sharply between every sentence therefore shocking my body everytime I would try to sing, and it would actually make my breathing worse. This was because I was rushing through my songs and not giving myself a chance to pause, talking with my singing teacher on the day of the showcase helped me realise this. He taught me how breathe steadily and calmly while singing, and told me to sing Slower and calmer and trust that Nicolas and the rest of the musicians will follow along. In this perfomance I can definitely hear the improvement, I dont sound as a stressed and I no longer sound like I am struggling, and I am very glad I was able to fix that problem before I walked out on stage. I wish I would’ve had the chance to let Nic know to play a little slower but I felt shy to say anything to him, and when I walked on stage I had to have belief that everything would go okay, and that my perfomance would go well.
Overall, I think I performed pretty successfully, and I continue to grow my adaptability in situations even when they aren’t in my favour. I am able to figure solutions for problems at arise fairly easily, and pick out things that I can change to improve myself in the future, I really like how well I was able to perfom on this mock perfomance, and I’m over very happy with it.